American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 42Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, John Holmes Agnew, Kinahan Cornwallis 1853 |
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... returned , bringing intelli- gence which gave me fresh perplexity . The lot had shrunk at least twelve inches ; and not only that , he found our own had diminished in a like ratio . He had scarcely finished speaking when a neighbor ...
... returned , bringing intelli- gence which gave me fresh perplexity . The lot had shrunk at least twelve inches ; and not only that , he found our own had diminished in a like ratio . He had scarcely finished speaking when a neighbor ...
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... returned , the prairie had shrunk to the size of a mere grass- plot . Leaving that , I wandered to the north - east , in the neighborhood of the Great Lakes . I found only diminutive ponds . The mighty cata- ract of Niagara , which I ...
... returned , the prairie had shrunk to the size of a mere grass- plot . Leaving that , I wandered to the north - east , in the neighborhood of the Great Lakes . I found only diminutive ponds . The mighty cata- ract of Niagara , which I ...
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... returned home a prey to the most lively anxiety just as the clock ( not their clock , of course ) struck four . ' We have but three hours before us , ' said Rodolphe . ' But , ' exclaimed Marcel , approaching his friend , are you sure ...
... returned home a prey to the most lively anxiety just as the clock ( not their clock , of course ) struck four . ' We have but three hours before us , ' said Rodolphe . ' But , ' exclaimed Marcel , approaching his friend , are you sure ...
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... returned , he found Marcel playing at pitch - and - toss with five - franc pieces to the number of three . At first he was ready to reject his friend's offered hand , thinking he must have committed a crime to get the money . ' Make ...
... returned , he found Marcel playing at pitch - and - toss with five - franc pieces to the number of three . At first he was ready to reject his friend's offered hand , thinking he must have committed a crime to get the money . ' Make ...
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... returned , and completed their unsuccessful search . I felt a strange temptation to cry out and reveal my hiding - place ; and had they come later in the day , I believe I should have done so . Noon came . Hitherto my position had been ...
... returned , and completed their unsuccessful search . I felt a strange temptation to cry out and reveal my hiding - place ; and had they come later in the day , I believe I should have done so . Noon came . Hitherto my position had been ...
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